Revised 604.2

A recent opinion from the North Carolina Department of Insurance states that North Carolina Motor Fleet Regulations, which carry the force of law, do not permit the use of state-owned vehicles by non-state employees. Therefore, a student must have employee status before driving a state vehicle. Prior information from the Department of Insurance indicated that anyone (including, presumably, a student) could drive a state-owned vehicle as long as he or she was a "contractual agent of the state," and the August 24, 1998 revisions to University Policy 604.2 reflected this understanding by instituting a "Contractual Driver Agency Agreement" that students could sign in order to drive a state-owned vehicle. Based upon the recent clarification from the Department of Insurance, however, the University was compelled to remove that option.